Upper Penninsula, Michigan

This trip was taken in October of 1999 for the mineralogy class. We

toured many sites in the Upper Peninsula including several mine

dumps where we found minerals such as native copper, hematite, pyrite,

chalcopyrite, and specular hematite. We also toured an abandoned

mineshaft from the 1800's. Click on the pictures to see a larger version.

	These pictures were taken as we stopped along Lake Michigan shortly after we entered the Upper Peninsula. Photo by Dr. Sarah Hanson 2000
	Photo by Dr. Sarah Hanson 2000
	This is a picture of some of the mineralogy class collecting copper near Marquette in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. This trip was taken during the fall semester of 1999. Here we found several samples of Michigan's native copper. Photo by Dr. Sarah Hanson 2000
	This is a picture of a formation known as BIF or Banded Iron Formation. It consists of jasper and hematite. Most of it is mined but luckily this area was not. It is known as Jasper Knob. You will find this near Ishpeming, Michigan. It was formed between 1.7-2.5 billion years ago. This would place it nearly half of the age of the earth! Photo by Dr. Sarah Hanson 2000
	This picture was taken near Lake Superior. This is the Lake Shore Drive Falls. Photo by Dr. Sarah Hanson 2000